Aikido

This is a
new group and we would like to hear from alumni and staff who trained or train
at the UCL Aikido Club, which was founded in 1976 and renamed in 2013 as the
Bloomsbury Fitness Aikido Club. We would also like to hear from Alumni who have
developed an interest in Aikido, either physical or philosophical and cultural,
since their time at UCL. Friends and family will be welcome to join in the
Group’s events and activities.

The group aims to provide an
opportunity for practice at the Bloomsbury Fitness centre where students,
alumni staff and members of the community have been training since 1976.
Beginners and practitioners of all levels are welcome. We offer UCL students
the opportunity to study, practice and develop in Aikido with the guidance and
support of the more experienced alumni.

The group also wishes to establish
a global network of UCL Aikido Alumni for the purpose of keeping in touch with
each other socially as well as for training. UCL Alumni Aikido contacts would
be able to provide introductions to other members of the group when visiting
Dojos in other parts of the world.

We try:

· To
keep in touch with each other via a group mailing list.

· To
arrange gatherings alongside key national and international Aikido events.

Bentham Boat Club

150 Years of UCL Bentham Boat Club - 1 March 2014

2014
marks the momentous 150th anniversary of the club. To celebrate
this milestone the Bentham Boat Club held a wonderful evening of
celebrations in the main grounds of University College London which included a Pimms reception, dinner and boat naming.

Football

The UCL Academicals Football Club (‘The Accies’) runs six sides in
the Amateur Football Combination, the largest football league in the country,
playing in and around London every Saturday between September and May. We also
have a veterans side, ‘The Optimists’. We cater for all standards and all ages:
our 1st team are generally of a high semi-pro standard, while our 6th team
aren't.

Our home games are at Shenley, so you can always come and say hello
to us there, and we play annual games against the student sides. Away games are
played all around London, though the lower sides play regionalised football,
generally in the north of London.

You don’t need to know current Accies, and you don’t need to join
with your friends, though of course so much the better if you can persuade
others to join with you. We'll happily welcome you into the club and if
possible, keep you here for the next 20 years! Contact us any time of year –
summer is ideal as we prepare for the new season, but we can always take in new
players during the season, as we tend to break some of the older ones as we go
along!

Even if you’re not ready to join yet, send us an email and we can
add you to our weekly email newsletter, so you can see what is going on with
the Accies.

Hockey

The UCL Academicals Hockey Club offers many opportunities to play for all standards of hockey: two men’s and one ladies’ side are entered into the Surrey League and there is regular mixed hockey in Battersea Park on a Sunday. The club also incorporates the Jeremy Bentham Invitational XI as its touring team.

We have a well-established social calendar with the main highlights being the Christmas Cocktails and the Summer Ball.

We would be keen to hear from anyone interested in either hockey or socialising.

Women’s Rugby

The nature of the game of rugby, and the social activities connected with it, probably explains why the women’s rugby club at UCL has forged many lasting friendships. The UCL Alumni Women’s Rugby Club exists to keep everyone in contact, provide updates on what players have gone on to after university, organise socials and organise a team for the annual Mandy Walker Games.

Any graduate from any year is welcome to contact us. Past socials have included trips en masse to Twickenham and watching the World Cup Final. We normally manage to get a 7s or 10s team out for the Mandy Walker Games, but we hope to build this up to a full 15 in the coming years.